Comments on: Brees, NFLPA speak against Saints-supported workers’ comp billhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/16/drew-brees-nflpa-speak-against-saints-supported-workers-comp-bill/
ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comTue, 03 Mar 2015 22:44:02 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: posmoohttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/16/drew-brees-nflpa-speak-against-saints-supported-workers-comp-bill/#comment-3368866
Sat, 17 May 2014 15:55:47 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368866it’s like this:
1. if you earn the same paycheck every two weeks then this legislation does not effect you at all because whenever you get hurt, your salary will always bee the same and thus the workers comp will be the same.

2. if you are an interment laborer, or have weird schedules like oil workers and other manual labor jobs like working on a fishing boat then this helps you enormously because you earn a lot more any given week you are working than you do if your yearly salary was prorated because the nature of the work is somewhat intermittent. and lets face it, these people working these difficult jobs like roofing or fishing, or on oil rigs are thousands of times more likely to get hurt on any given day of work than you or I desk jockeys.

3. if you have a sales job and you slip and fall somehow and hurt yourself, then this legislation might help, or might hurt, it’s a crapshoot. depends how well you have been selling lately.

4. if you are a filthy rich nfl player this hurts if you get hurt in the preseason I guess, but I don’t understand how this jives with injury settlements.

so in summary, this legislation appears to be very beneficial to the working man.

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Sat, 17 May 2014 15:07:27 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368819This is not a union issue. This bill only affects lousiana workers. Why some of you want to blame Brees for trying yo protect every employee in lousiana is beyond me.

The only people that this legislation will help is the insirance company. I am sure the saints will benefit because a portion of the work comp is held in escrow becaise of self insured retention.

If you think this is about greedy rich people you are right but it isnt about brees or millionaire atheletes as much as its about louisiana workers goong to lose benefits that are required under state law.

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Sat, 17 May 2014 14:37:28 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368786I love the viewpoint people have where instead of wanting to make their own working conditions better, they want to make those of others worse – that’s the mentality behind being against unions/minimum wage hikes. it’s sick.
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Sat, 17 May 2014 14:14:11 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368758Really a stand up organization the Saints are in that community! Nice way to create a sabotaging environment to the success of your team and a hostile workplace for the relationship with management. Good luck with that..
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Sat, 17 May 2014 13:40:21 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368724Even if the arguement is for the league bottom feeders Average Americans don’t make in a year what NFL players make in training camp. Players who are trying to make an NFL squad are still compensated fairly well, so their workers comp benefits should still be more than adequate. Football’s dangerous, I would think smart players would probably take out short term & long term disability policies on top of workers comp benefits. Socialized programs like these can only continue to be in place if people are responsisible in their use. This is a fight Drew won’t win.
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Sat, 17 May 2014 12:35:46 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368633I think Oprah should create a workman’s comp. reality series for people who actually deserve it.
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Sat, 17 May 2014 12:24:11 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368615I don’t know the specifics of the bill, but I suspect it’s more complicated than portrayed. It may be that the intent of the bill is exactly the opposite of what’s being claimed here. For example, what about seasonal workers? It might be advantageous to them if they calculated work comp the “new” way. I do agree it seems to hurt major league sports players . Then again, I don think they rely in work comp in general. Aren’t most contracts guaranteed for injury?

As for Brees, he annoys me to say the least. He’s always got to stick his nose into things be Mr. Civics. Shut up and play. And for god’s sake, get that stupid scar/birthmark fixed.

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Sat, 17 May 2014 12:22:18 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368611If they pass this, someone on the Saints should get hurt “working out” at the Saints facilities the week they get their bonus check. Weekly bonus payments on say 1 Million… that’s some nice cheddar right there.
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Sat, 17 May 2014 12:12:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368602Move along, nothing to see here. Anyone can see that any law that actually aids employees, is at odds with the GOP agenda.

The amazing thing is that it still works, so people vote against their self interest, convinced that some (other)poor person will get something he doesn’t deserve.

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Sat, 17 May 2014 12:09:07 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368600#bringbackourbenefits. Get on it Michelle.
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Sat, 17 May 2014 11:49:36 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368577To all of you who say pro athletes shouldn’t get workman’s comp, I quote former MLB player Pete Incaviglia, who famously said, “Most people think we make millions of dollars when most of us only make $500k.”

But seriously, the point is is that Brees is not “fighting” for players such as himself. Since he is a union rep, he has to speak for ALL members of the union. In this case, he is speaking for the “bottom of the roster” players who don’t make a whole lot.

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Sat, 17 May 2014 11:21:06 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368549Wow people are talking like just because Brees makes a lot of money he deserves to have money taken from him. He pays his percentage of income into it just like everyone else. In fact he probably pays a bigger portion of his income into it then those who make less money. Why should he get screwed out of something that he has invested a lot of money into?

I hate this socialist “he’s rich so screw him” thinking that’s plaguing America of late. We use to celebrate success in this country. Now if you do well half of America seems to believe you should no longer qualify for the benefit’s every other member of this nation enjoys.

You fain wanting equality but you really dont. You want equality that benefits you and the things you believe. But when it comes to things like a rich man getting a service he paid into like everyone else you some how forget the meaning of the word.

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Sat, 17 May 2014 10:32:15 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368518It’s Drew Breed talking… The worlds biggest hypocrite… What does anyone expect?
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Sat, 17 May 2014 10:06:41 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368511I hate unions and the way they treat average workers like scum just because they werent lucky enough to have a family member already in the union. I especially cant stand them because of the way they protect those who do inferior work just because they are part of their little group.

Saying that though, I think that every Saints player should band together and collectively agree to skip every team organized event that they aren’t contractually obliged to attend, and continue to do so until the bill is denied or withdrew. That means every voluntary workout or meet and great.

That bill is a travesty and an attack on workers. The Saints having the loudest voices and really being the only ones with the means to pull it off need to do this. Not just for themselves but for every worker in Louisiana. Even if doing something for those not lucky enough to be in a union goes against everything they stand for.

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Sat, 17 May 2014 07:10:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368475Drew “every last nickel” Brees.
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Sat, 17 May 2014 06:19:31 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368456I love the misplaced rage at Brees for lobbying on behalf of his teammates and fellow union members. Truth is Brees doesn’t need to stick his neck out for this at all to protect himself, his contract has guarantees for injury and he will be fine financially even if he had a career ending injury tomorrow.

He should be praised for looking out for the guys on his team and in his union who would not be fine. Bottom of the roster special teamers who may not even make the team but could easily be injured in training camp.

I get that some unions are corrupt and that the media has vilified the union man so much so that any move a union makes on behalf of its member is seen as a cash grab but the reason unions exist in the first place is because management has never, ever done the right thing on its own. Be it the NFL, auto workers, teachers, police officers, firemen, etc. unions fight to protect the rights of workers against policies that government and corporations dream up to deprive them of basic rights that should be given to workers. Without unions we would all still be sending our children to work in factories for 14 hour shifts for pennies a day.

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Sat, 17 May 2014 05:01:04 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368415In a lot of states the “average weekly wage” is capped. That means if you make more than, say, $70k per year, you’re not going to get your full salary while you’re out after a work-related injury. You’ll get a check for ~$900 a week. That’s probably not even worth Drew Brees’s time to go to the bank. There’s also wage continuation plans that many sports teams employ, which negate the need for work comp lost time benefits. You still get medical benefits, and an award when the doc assesses permanent impairment, but that’s also capped at a number that is insignificant to Brees.
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Sat, 17 May 2014 04:09:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368390Benson sees the writing on the wall, Brees is getting long in the tooth and won’t be long the Saint fans will be back to wearing paper bags so he might as well try to get that money any way he can.
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Sat, 17 May 2014 03:42:04 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368370how about the average Joe who doesn’t get $120k a week.
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Sat, 17 May 2014 03:08:49 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368350Taxpayers aren’t subsidizing Brees… If Drew Brees gets injured, he will keep getting paid because Benson will keep him around for when he gets healthy. If one of their UDFAs blows out his knee, he probably wouldn’t every play again– and probably legitimately needs the workers’ comp.
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Sat, 17 May 2014 02:59:53 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368341C’mon Drew the GOP has to look out for tax breaks for the ultra wealthy. You NFL players are just peons to them. Did you really expect them to do anything that would help the average American?
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Sat, 17 May 2014 02:49:01 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368331This Bill is attacking all the Blue Collar types.
Most Construction hands work, turn around to turn around.
Farmers and Fishermen are seasonal.

It does not matter if they are an athlete or a welder you pay into it. You should get it.

Besides the more you make the more they take (including Drew Brees )

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Sat, 17 May 2014 02:35:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368319The
Amount of you guys who dont know how workers comp works is astounding. The state and tax payers do not pay the claims. The insurance company and team do. The insurance commissioner makes the rules the companies must follow.
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Sat, 17 May 2014 02:29:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368309Blank the saints! Love the 2009 vikes
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Sat, 17 May 2014 02:18:48 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368298Louisiana worker’s comp maxes out at like $600/week regardless of this bills passage or failure….Brees is just focusing on things other than winning again.
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Sat, 17 May 2014 01:57:00 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368273This is pathetic…a billionaire owner trying to save a few bucks on wc payments. Brees is right
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Sat, 17 May 2014 01:56:52 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368271I understand the counterpoint that asks to look at who this ultimately will affect the most, but the only case being presented here is the one that Drew Brees is offering and he’s not representing the points that others have brought up in these comments, so those aren’t relevant or fair rebuttal points to my rebuttal to what Drew Brees said.
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Sat, 17 May 2014 01:10:34 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368216The bottom line is this will have a trickle down effect and screw the low wage owners of this state.
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Sat, 17 May 2014 01:05:51 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368205I agree that the bill is bad on the face of it… it should not even be considered.

I would think that they could select somebody that may actually be in dire financial straits if they were injured….

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Sat, 17 May 2014 01:01:14 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2260207#comment-3368197Might have to sell a vacation home or two if he gets injured….
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